Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm has purchased this year's G1 Preis Der Diana (German Oaks) winner Turfdonna (Ger) (Doyen {Ire}–Turfaue {Ger}, by Big Shuffle) from Australian Bloodstock, according to Racing Post. Trainer by Andreas Wohler, Turfdonna earned her lone stakes win in the Aug. 2 Diana over eventual Group 1 winner Nightflower (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) after finishing third in Hamburg's G3 Almased-Cup. Turfdonna had not run since the Diana due to injury. The deal was brokered by Ronald Rauscher, who told galopponline.de, “The filly had only a small fissure and could have run again in the coming year, but the Australians did not refuse the offer. The filly is no longer with Andreas Wohler and is at Newsells Park Stud instead. The buyers are still considering whether Turfdonna will be covered early in the year before she goes to Japan.”
Other recent German purchases by Yoshida include G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. winner Novellist (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and King George winner Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) and Turfrose (Ger) (Big Shuffle), a full-sister to Turfdonna's dam.
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